last website update 07/18/2025

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new work for orchestra "Pas de deus"

Commissioned by the Basel Chamber Orchestra, I am writing a new work for orchestra to be premiered in March 2026 …

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two new works for Oboe and fixed media

After the premiere of Cosmic Rubber Band for oboe and fixed media by Vicente Moronta in December 2024, I reworked the piece into a version for two oboes and fixed media...

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zeit:fluss festival in Sils Maria

Mike Svoboda is curating together with Anne-May Krüger the first edition of a new festival in and around the famous Waldhaus Hotel in Sils Maria including concerts with the musicians Elisabeth Kufferath (violin), Karolina Öhman (cello), Stefan Preyer (double bass), Karin Dornbush (clarinet), Stefan Hussong (accordion), Anne-May Krüger (mezzo-soprano), Mike Svoboda (trombone), and Gottfried Breitfuss (actor). zeit-fluss.ch

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the opera "Adam und Eva" finished

From the first exposé and discussion with the commissioning body to the final note in the final bar of the final page, it was a process of over four years.

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artist portrait at BASF Kultur

With a fourth and final project, the family concert Once Around the World, my artist portrait in BASF Kultur concert series will come to an end mid-June.

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Triple Concerto in Karlsruhe

Composers: remember that when you write for an orchestra, the audience will be mostly grey-haired (if they have hair at all), but very attentive – they paid to listen after all.

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25 Years "The Alphorn in Manhattan"

Some more photos to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of my CD "The Alphorn in Manhattan", an iconic sound adventure in NYC from 1997.

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Sextet versions of the Violin Concerto and Snare Drum Concerto

My weeklong artist-in-residence at the Mishima Contemporary Music Days in Mishima Japan was not only full of memorable concerts ...

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